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title: Hack Monty
description: "Hack Monty Round 3: connect to Pydantic's remote Monty worker over WebSocket and pressure-test the sandbox."
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# Hack Monty

**Round 3 — break the remote sandbox.**

Round 3 puts [Pydantic Monty](https://github.com/pydantic/monty) behind a production WebSocket service. Each connection gets a remote sandboxed worker. Your job is to find a real security boundary break without attacking the infrastructure around it.

- Live target: [3.hackmonty.com](https://3.hackmonty.com/)
- WebSocket: `wss://3.hackmonty.com/`
- Python client: [`pydantic-monty-client`](https://pypi.org/project/pydantic-monty-client/)
- Client documentation: [remote Monty over WebSockets](https://github.com/pydantic/monty/tree/main/crates/monty-python#usage-with-a-remote-monty-server-and-websockets)
- Report privately: [security@pydantic.dev](mailto:security@pydantic.dev?subject=Hack%20Monty%20Round%203%20finding)

## The challenge

Monty is a minimal Python interpreter written in Rust, with startup measured in microseconds. It inverts the usual sandbox model: it starts from nothing and only exposes the functions you explicitly hand it. There is no sandbox beyond Monty itself — Monty *is* the security layer.

Round 3 exposes that boundary through a production WebSocket server. Each connection receives a dedicated remote Monty subprocess; the server adds capacity, resource, and timeout policy, but no second sandbox. Find a reproducible flaw that crosses the interpreter boundary, reaches host resources, or breaks isolation between sessions.

The old Round 2 REST API, snapshot-resume flow, shared trace project, file-secret target, prize, sponsor lineup, CLI, and reporting form do not apply to this deployment. Final Round 3 award terms are not published here.

### Live target limits

- One isolated worker per connection.
- 10 MiB memory per session.
- 5 seconds of sandbox execution per session.
- 20-second maximum session lifetime.
- Up to 10 concurrent sessions per caller.

## How to participate

Install the lightweight WebSocket client:

```bash
uv add pydantic-monty-client
```

Connect `AsyncMontyWebsocket` to the root WebSocket URL, check out a session, and feed it Python. Each checkout dials a new remote worker.

```python
import asyncio
from pydantic_monty import AsyncMontyWebsocket


async def main() -> None:
    async with AsyncMontyWebsocket("wss://3.hackmonty.com/") as pool:
        async with pool.checkout() as session:
            result = await session.feed_run("1 + 1")
            print(result)


asyncio.run(main())
```

Keep security-sensitive findings private. Send [security@pydantic.dev](mailto:security@pydantic.dev?subject=Hack%20Monty%20Round%203%20finding) the smallest code sample that reproduces the issue, what crossed the boundary, the server version shown on the target page, and any relevant output. See the [Pydantic security policy](https://pydantic.dev/security) for reporting details.

> **Challenge telemetry.** The Round 3 server records connection metadata and sandbox activity in Pydantic Logfire for operations and investigation. Do not put unrelated secrets in submitted code or WebSocket headers. Authorization, Cookie, and WebSocket subprotocol header values are redacted by the server, but the safest test credential is one you can throw away.

## Research rules

**Most important:** Do not attempt to submit changes to Monty or any other codebase that introduce new security vulnerabilities. Test the deployed target as provided, avoid service disruption, and disclose security findings privately.

**Primary target**

- A reproducible Pydantic Monty flaw that crosses the interpreter boundary or reaches server resources unavailable to well-behaved sandboxed code.

**High-value adjacent findings**

- Host information or capabilities the worker should not expose, including filesystem, environment, process, or network access.
- A protocol or session-isolation flaw that exposes another participant's code, values, or session state.
- A security flaw in the Round 3 server or its Logfire instrumentation that exposes information that should remain private.

**Useful reports**

- A reliable Monty crash, panic, stack overflow, or resource-limit bypass with a minimal reproduction.
- Bugs or CPython-compatibility issues in Monty — open a public issue when they are not security-sensitive.
- Vulnerabilities in dependencies — report them privately to the affected project as well as telling us when they affect this deployment.

**Out of scope — do not attempt**

- Introducing a vulnerability through a change to Monty or any dependency.
- Social engineering or spear-phishing Pydantic staff or other participants.
- Attacking Render; report Render vulnerabilities through [its HackerOne program](https://hackerone.com/render?type=team).
- Denial of service, traffic flooding, or disruption of this or any other Pydantic service.

## Found something?

Send security-sensitive findings to [security@pydantic.dev](mailto:security@pydantic.dev?subject=Hack%20Monty%20Round%203%20finding). Want to talk Monty first? Join the `#monty` channel on [Pydantic Slack](https://logfire.pydantic.dev/docs/join-slack/), but do not post exploit details publicly.